Kyle Clifford

More excellent August #content, courtesy of Olli Postanin and Jacob Ardown, the On the Bench Boys. Extended stick taps go to LA Kings Production for unearthing these sick fundie videos.
First, Kyle Clifford learns how he can "muck it up a little better."
On this eppie, the @onthebenchcrew teac... Read More

There’s something so beautifully juvenile about the hockey vernacular, a regional syntax encouraged by the adolescent groupthink of a young, close-knit locker room that naturally begins to fade between junior and professional hockey, and then again between as players graduate to the uppermost reache... Read More

Juan Ocampo/NHLIKYLE CLIFFORD
This season: 73 games, 6 goals, 6 assists, 12 points, 92 penalty minutes, -2 rating, +2.1 CF%Rel, 10:43 time on ice
The good: The lede, more or less to a word, of what was written about Kyle Clifford last year applies here. The standard the 485-game veteran sets is... Read More

It’s a known fact: The Kings are going to have to go on some kind of run to qualify for the playoffs. As of Sunday morning, their playoff chances were veering from the improbable towards the remote, and would most likely have to coincide with a collapse by one of the teams ahead of them. Tonight’s o... Read More

The Carolina Hurricanes, much like the Los Angeles Kings, are a detail-oriented club. Players are adept at sticking to and executing the game plan and at playing positionally sound hockey. It has certainly worked at home, where Carolina is 15-5-1 this season.
The Hurricanes have generally been a... Read More

Kyle Clifford, on whether Tampa Bay took away Los Angeles’ time and space:
You know, definitely. They play a fast game, and we’ve got to play a little better in the D-zone – five guys connected. We didn’t do that tonight, so it allowed them to use their speed.
Clifford, on the challenges of fini... Read More

Good afternoon from the team hotel, where it's not quite as cozy as the living room depicted above.
The Kings took the ice at 11:30 a.m. and aligned thusly:
Gaborik-Kopitar-Brown
Pearson-Carter-Setoguchi
King-Dowd-Lewis
Andreoff-Shore-Nolan
Clifford
Forbort-Doughty
Muzzin-Martinez
Gra... Read More